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Additional Information

Birth Date

Death Date

17900417

Birth Place

Boston, Mass.

Death Place

Philadelphia, Pa.

Gender

male

Associated Language

eng

Occupation

Printer

Publisher

Writer

Additonal Related Forms

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Sources

found: Wikipedia, viewed January 2, 2013Poor Richard's Almanack ("... a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose ... Richard was presented as distinct from Franklin himself, occasionally referring to the latter as his printer ... In later editions, the original Richard Saunders character gradually disappeared, replaced by a Poor Richard, who largely stood in for Franklin.")

found: His Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people ... 1807:title page (Poor Richard)